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Zacks Premium Research for BND

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Benchmark for BND

BARCLAYS US AGGREGATE BOND INDEX

This Index represents a wide spectrum of public, investment-grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States including government, corporate, and international dollar-denominated bonds, as well as mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities all with maturities of more than 1 year.

Fund Summary for BND

VANGUARD TOTAL BOND MARKET ETF

BND is an Index ETF which is a separate investment portfolio of the Vanguard Bond Index Funds, an investment management company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, a broad market-weighted bond Index.

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